June 17th, 2008 by admin

Here’s another tile from my low-fire 2007 collection. Another fact: Instead of rolling out the slabs, I pounded them with a wooden mallet, flattened on one side, that I got at a workshop by Junya Shao and Xiaoping Luo at the Vihel center in Tempe. I find that if you pound the clay flat rather than rolling it, you get a nice density and less warpage.
This isn’t a very good photo, but it’s one from my old site that I saved for when I didn’t have anything new to post. I’m working on two projects right now, a stained glass window panel, and a large mural. I will post photos of them when they’re done.
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March 15th, 2008 by admin

I don’t have anything finished right now, so I thought I would post some tiles that I made last year. These are hand made tiles, slip trailed with neutral colored slip from a jacquard bottle. After I bisque fired them, I used the slip trails as a border for the glazes. If I were to do it again, I’d use the “French Impressions” 3d low fire glazes to get the effect I want. Slip trailing is a lot more work.
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August 9th, 2007 by admin

This is a tile mosaic that I created last year. It’s based off a painting, whose name I have forgotten. The words spell out a line from my novel Alternate Susan, which I edited out in the second draft. I still like the cadence.
Girl with Scythe
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